I don't mind the song, though I can't bear to listen to it start to finish. And I don't mind Obama chilling even during crises. But it is unseemly for Obama to do this so soon after McCartney embarrassed himself by telling America it's not allowed to criticize its own president.

Obama should have coupled his fun moment with a lecture on democracy (of course, someone would have to explain it to him first, maybe TOTUS could lead him through it).

Boma has failing freshman syndrome.He knows he is flunking out, the semester is over,he has to face the folks at home so while he still has a dorm room it is"PARTY ON".Seen all over party school campuses every spring.

well, this isn't a beatles song, but seems apropos. "Put down that weapon" by Midnight Oil:

"Above the waterline/Point the finger yeah point the bone/It's the harbour towns/That the grey battleships call home

"And if we think about it/And if we talk about it/And if the sea goes boiling black/Can you tell me what we'll do about that?"

Or maybe "Earth and Son and Moon":

"There’s the contours of the mountains, the deserts and plains/And a hurricane is blowing, and it turns once again/Now there’s oil spills in the water where columbus once sailed/And there’s history and mystery and it’s rolling away"

i think Obama is making a political mistake by not seeming involved. obama is the one who says government can solve every problem, so he needs to look engaged. of course the truth is that goverment can't solve every problem, and in fact the problem of deep water off shore drilling was created by people who refused to allow it on land, but oh well.

Didn't he and John Lennon move here to escape the ruinous taxes in England? Thank God for the Jonas Brothers and their statesmanlike behavior. Sorry, Paul, but when I think of the Obama administration, I think of the Jonas Bros.

I have been lead to believe that "Hey Jude" was the quintessential drug song, that 'jude' referred to heroin. Thus 'letting her under your skin' and 'let it out and let it in'. Way to go President Obama. Did he have to take his foot off of BP's throat to tap his toes in time with the music?

BP must be losing about half to a million dollars a day in oil floating away. You can be sure that their engineers, executives and other employees aren't doing concerts and golfing while this crisis is on going. Further, others in the Industry would be willing to help, as this could ruin things for everyone. I just can't believe that they are such morons that they can't, with their degrees in petroleum engineering and what not, figure out how to use James Cameron's suggestions. Perhaps if they hadn't short-cutted to permitting process, this wouldn't have happened.

I am willing to believe that the White House would let this turn into a disaster as part of their campaign to wean us from fossil fuels, for our own good.

“After the last eight years, it’s great to have a President who knows what a library is,” McCartney quipped.

Good heavens. What is Obama's draw? Why do the elites look to him with such regard? Has he done anything to deserve such praise?

And seriously, McCartney is an Englishman; he has not had a president, ever. He should keep his thoughts to himself.

And Obama, well he is just so smug looking. For all we know he doesn't even like the music. He is so good at hiding any emotion. He hid his discomfort up there and singing. Good body language readers saw him cringing that he had to get up there and participate.

"Hailing from England and having earned no university degrees of his own, the Beatle may not know W. was the first American president to earn a master’s degree in business administration. (The fact the MBA is from Harvard really irks the left.) Not to mention Bush is married to a librarian."

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37350

Paul McCartney is a fool.

Paul McCartney is the kind of idiot celeb that would come back from the Soviet Union flabergasted at how "enlightended and progressive" it was.

Macca has said "Hey Jude" was written for Julian to comfort him after John and Cynthia (John's first, significantly less crazy wife)split. "Hey, Jules" and then turning into "Hey Jude" as a universal signifier.

But here you go, Paul, put "Too Many People" on for a spin -

"That was your first mistake /You took your lucky break / And broke it in two / Now what can be done for you? / You broke it in two."

Nobody went with Octopus Garden? Of course with all the oil the garden would be ruined so maybe that makes sense. Although you would think that an octopus would be perfect for this kind of job what with the 8 arms and all.

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@ Milwaukee The mythos holds that Paul sang it to Lennon's son Jules to cheer him up as Lennon was off boinkin Yoko. When they recorded it was changed to Hey Jude. Don't know if its true. Don't really care

People here refuse to accept the Jonas Brothers as the official troubadors of the Obama administration. This is probably because no one can recognize or name a single Jonas Brothers tune. What, you may ask, have the Jonas Bros ever done except look young and handsome and appeal to the inchoate sexual longings of little girls? Precisely.

In spite of the fact that El Polo Real is probably my mom, I'm back by popular demand.

FOR A SONG ABOUT...The Gulf: "Baby's in Black"Arizona: "Get Back"Eric Holder's legal reasoning: "Because"Ode to a Teleprompter: "Things We Said Today"Prayer to a teleprompter: "Don't Let Me Down"China's military: "Yellow Submarine"Biden off script: "Helter Skelter"November: "The End"

I'd say that this poll shows how conservative Professor Althouse's readership is. 80% think that Obama's wrong for attending an awards ceremony and singing along? Wow! I suppose he should be in a bathyscaphe staring at BP's gusher instead.

Libtard: Wow! I suppose he should be in a bathyscaphe staring at BP's gusher instead.

No dumbass. He should be fullfillng his duties as required under the 1990 Clean Water Act: "requires the President to ensure effective and immediate removal of an oil discharge and, where there is substantial threat to public health or welfare, requires the President to require all Federal, State and private actions to remove the oil discharge or mitigate it."

Oil is hitting beaches across the Gulf, and our Diversity Hire wants to party all the time.

•Two days of media events (White House Correspondents Dinner and a tête a tête with Bono)•Three days of fundraising•Four commemorations (graduations, Cinco de Mayo, etc)•Six days of vacation•Six days of campaigning•Six sports events•Seven days of golf

How long are the next four years going to be; Long, Long, LongSong for the American People: Cry baby cryObama's response to the Oil Spill: No ReplyThings Obama blames Bush about: Every Little ThingSong for Althouse: I should Have Known BetterSong for the rest of us because Althouse didn't know better: I'll Cry InsteadWhat we're going to be left with after Obama's done with economy: Old BRown Shoe

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